Kling AI Team Setup
Overview
Manage team access to the Kling AI API using separate API keys, environment-based routing, usage quotas per team member, and centralized credential management.
Per-Environment API Keys
Create separate API key pairs in the Kling AI developer console for each environment:
| Environment | Key Naming Convention | Purpose |
|------------|----------------------|---------|
| Development | dev-<project> | Local testing, free tier |
| Staging | staging-<project> | Integration testing |
| Production | prod-<project> | Live traffic |
# .env.development
KLING_ACCESS_KEY="ak_dev_..."
KLING_SECRET_KEY="sk_dev_..."
# .env.production
KLING_ACCESS_KEY="ak_prod_..."
KLING_SECRET_KEY="sk_prod_..."
Team Configuration
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Optional
@dataclass
class TeamMember:
name: str
email: str
role: str # admin, editor, viewer
daily_credit_limit: int
allowed_models: list[str]
@dataclass
class TeamConfig:
name: str
members: list[TeamMember]
total_daily_limit: int = 1000
default_model: str = "kling-v2-master"
default_mode: str = "standard"
def get_member(self, email: str) -> Optional[TeamMember]:
return next((m for m in self.members if m.email == email), None)
# Example team configuration
team = TeamConfig(
name="marketing",
total_daily_limit=5000,
members=[
TeamMember("Alice", "alice@co.com", "admin", 2000,
["kling-v2-6", "kling-v2-master", "kling-v2-5-turbo"]),
TeamMember("Bob", "bob@co.com", "editor", 500,
["kling-v2-master", "kling-v2-5-turbo"]),
TeamMember("Carol", "carol@co.com", "viewer", 100,
["kling-v2-5-turbo"]),
],
)
Usage Quotas Per Member
import time
from collections import defaultdict
class TeamQuotaManager:
"""Enforce per-member and team-wide credit limits."""
def __init__(self, config: TeamConfig):
self.config = config
self._usage = defaultdict(int) # email -> credits used today
self._reset_time = time.time()
def _check_reset(self):
if time.time() - self._reset_time > 86400:
self._usage.clear()
self._reset_time = time.time()
def authorize(self, email: str, credits_needed: int, model: str) -> bool:
self._check_reset()
member = self.config.get_member(email)
if not member:
raise PermissionError(f"Unknown user: {email}")
if model not in member.allowed_models:
raise PermissionError(f"{email} not authorized for {model}")
if self._usage[email] + credits_needed > member.daily_credit_limit:
raise RuntimeError(f"{email} exceeds daily limit "
f"({self._usage[email]} + {credits_needed} > {member.daily_credit_limit})")
team_total = sum(self._usage.values()) + credits_needed
if team_total > self.config.total_daily_limit:
raise RuntimeError(f"Team daily limit exceeded ({team_total} > {self.config.total_daily_limit})")
return True
def record_usage(self, email: str, credits: int):
self._usage[email] += credits
def usage_report(self) -> dict:
return {
"team_total": sum(self._usage.values()),
"team_limit": self.config.total_daily_limit,
"by_member": dict(self._usage),
}
Secrets Management
| Tool | How to Store AK/SK |
|------|-------------------|
| AWS Secrets Manager | aws secretsmanager create-secret --name kling/prod |
| GCP Secret Manager | gcloud secrets create kling-prod |
| HashiCorp Vault | vault kv put secret/kling ak=... sk=... |
| 1Password CLI | op item create --category login --title "Kling API" |
# Load from AWS Secrets Manager
import boto3
import json
def get_kling_credentials(secret_name="kling/prod"):
client = boto3.client("secretsmanager")
secret = client.get_secret_value(SecretId=secret_name)
creds = json.loads(secret["SecretString"])
return creds["access_key"], creds["secret_key"]
Access Control Wrapper
class TeamKlingClient:
"""Kling client with team-level access control."""
def __init__(self, base_client, quota_manager: TeamQuotaManager):
self.client = base_client
self.quotas = quota_manager
def text_to_video(self, email: str, prompt: str, **kwargs):
model = kwargs.get("model", "kling-v2-master")
credits = 10 if kwargs.get("mode") != "professional" else 35
self.quotas.authorize(email, credits, model)
result = self.client.text_to_video(prompt, **kwargs)
self.quotas.record_usage(email, credits)
return result